Process Leader

Simonds Farsons Cisk Plc in Malta is looking to recruit a Process Leader to join their team on a full-time basis.

Job role:
A vacancy has developed for the position of Process Leader within the Operations department of Simonds Farsons Cisk plc.  The selected candidate will be responsible for leading, coordinating, and motivating a multi-skilled team of employees in their designated shift to ensure that daily operational schedules in packaging are completed according to standard operating procedures, in a timely manner, and within all quality and safety standards.  This will be achieved through day to day leadership of their assigned team.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead, motivate, and develop their team to ensure planned output requirements and quality standards are met while all Health and Safety guidelines are adhered to;
• Review team performance regularly to identify areas for improvement, encourage progress of individual team members through performance review, and agreed on personal developmental plans;
• Achieve shift KPI targets and investigate and report to management any issues that arise during the shift;
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical product and plant issues that arise during the shift; follow up with the maintenance team as and when necessary;
• Actively participate in the implementation of lean manufacturing in order to systematically eliminate all waste by implementing SS methodology, Kaizen events, etc;
• Ensure regular communication/briefing between employees and management to provide the team with the relevant information to carry out their shift to maximum effect.

The selected candidate will:

• Have a leadership/management Diploma (MQF Level 5), employees in possession of a technical qualification and/or the wireman license A and B will be favorably considered;
• Have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment;
• Preferably have 2+ years of supervisory experience in a lean manufacturing environment;
• Have a working knowledge of quality systems and processes;
• Be self-motivated, possessing strong leadership, interpersonal and coaching skills, team facilitation, and problem-solving skills;
• Show initiative and creativity and the ability to work on a team and lead projects;
• Be an excellent communicator both verbally and written, possessing good analytical and presentation skills;
• Have good analytical acumen and be able to respond to results.